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by wh-uws 5245 days ago
All of your compensation is in stock and worth the stock price.

1) It looks good to investors: you've got to believe in it if your worth is in the stock, for instance most of Bill Gates net worth is in Microsoft stock and it would look bad if he sold it all,

2) You pay lower taxes: capital gains vs income, not to mention

3) it sounds good in the press and when people say it